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Juan Pedro TomásAccording to McKinsey, traditional compute, storage, and cloud workloads currently account for more than 70% of APAC data center demand, while AI training and inference workloads represent roughly 30% In sum – what to know: Regional growth engine – Asia-Pacific could account for 34% of global data center demand by 2030 as local AI adoption and enterprise digitization accelerate, according …
Reliance Intelligence, part of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, is building what it describes as India’s sovereign AI backbone in Jamnagar, Gujarat In sum – what to know: Sovereign AI infrastructure – Reliance Intelligence is building a sovereign AI backbone in Jamnagar, with the first 120 MW phase due online by the end of 2026. Affordable AI push – Mukesh Ambani …
The study, dubbed ‘Building Durable AI Advantage’, found that 77% of enterprise leaders now consider AI a board-level priority In sum – what to know: Infrastructure gap – While 77% of enterprises now treat AI as a board-level priority, 65% still rely on legacy or developing infrastructure. Scaling challenge – Integration issues, skills shortages, and governance hurdles are preventing many …
Converge states that its long-range monitoring system is designed for large, steel-dense environments typical of modern data centers, allowing teams to remotely monitor embedded sensors across broad construction sites In sum – what to know: Real-time monitoring – Embedded sensors continuously measure concrete strength and temperature, reducing reliance on laboratory cylinder break tests for construction decisions. Construction sequencing – Live …
Christian de LooperTaiwanese startup Tranxform builds low-power edge processors for on-device AI In sum – what we know: Stephen Huang has spent decades building chips for some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. He worked on GPUs at MediaTek, contributed to Apple’s Face ID technology, and later joined Amazon’s Alexa team. Now, in his mid-50s, he’s betting that experience on a …
Oxmiq’s CUDA-compatible architecture targets sovereign computing customers Oxmiq Labs, the AI semiconductor startup founded by former Intel chief architect Raja Koduri, has raised $35 million in a Series A round co-led by Fundomo and Samsung Catalyst Fund. The round brings the company’s total capital to $60 million, including $20 million in earlier seed funding. Other backers include MediaTek, Pegatron Venture Capital, Darwin …
The Anthropic chip would use Samsung’s advanced 2nm process In sum – what we know: Anthropic is in exploratory talks with Samsung Electronics about manufacturing a custom AI processor, according to reporting from The Information. The project is still nascent — no detailed chip design has been finalized, no tape-out has occurred, and Anthropic is reportedly consulting with multiple chip design …
Samsung’s 2029 target represents a two-year delay from original plans In sum – what we know: Samsung Foundry has officially resumed commercialization and R&D work on its 1.4nm (SF1.4) process node, with mass production now formally targeted for 2029. That’s a notable restart after a period in which the node looked like it might be scaled back, mothballed, or scrapped altogether. The …
Fifteen years after forecasting a 1,000-fold surge in mobile broadband traffic, WiseHarbor founder Keith Mallinson revisits the numbers, arguing his prediction largely captured the economics of the mobile era, despite …
From the newsletter: Ericsson’s latest mobility trials with AT&T and MediaTek suggest faster, more reliable 5G handovers could become a key enabler for critical IoT, private 5G and emerging physical …
The smartwatch market isn’t slowing down. Standalone cellular smartwatches already account for over 45% of total revenue, and OEMs like Apple, Samsung, Google and Huawei keep raising the bar on …
How do you cut BOM costs by 10% and hit zero SIM failures across 65,000+ IoT deployments? ATEC did it by pairing the SIMCom A7682 module with SoftSIM integration from …
Sulagna Saha The GPU-powered, cloud-native simulation solver provides a repeatable blueprint for integrating predictive analysis and rapid optimization in factory workflows In sum — What to know Optimizing manufacturing: At Microsoft Ignite, Synopsys unveiled a simulation-driven solution based on Ansys Fluent that allows manufacturers to model and optimize dynamic processes in factories. Under the hood: The solution is powered by Nvidia Omniverse …
Sulagna Saha Broadcom and Rohde & Schwarz are teaming up once again, this time to test and validate early Wi-Fi 8 chips, after the chipmaker launched the first Wi-Fi 8 silicon solutions ahead of schedule in October In sum — what to know: Broadcom validates R&S’ CMP180 — Broadcom confirms that R&S CMP180 Series radio communication tester can support testing of Wi-Fi-8 …
Sulagna Saha The software-based solution evaluates communication quality between applications in virtualized environments, providing visualization from field to cloud working with Anritsu’s Network Master Pro hardware In sum — What to know A virtual network test solution: Anritsu launched Virtual Network Master for AWS environments. Monitoring KPIs: The solution evaluates key network performance indicators like latency, jitters, throughout, and packet loss rate. …
Sulagna Saha The Silicon Valley company is set to cut approximately 2000 jobs worldwide as it looks to redirect investment towards high-growth opportunities. In sum — what to know: Estimated timeline: Synopsys expects most layoffs to take effect in fiscal 2026. Broader restructuring efforts: The plan also includes closing certain sites. Near-term goal: The company will focus on capitalizing highest-growth opportunities and …
